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payroll taxes are nothing more than temporary tax cut was a rebate. like bush had two rebates that didn't work. obama had two rebates that didn't work. people know it's not permanent and pay down their credit cards but doesn't affect spending. got to go. hang on. when we come back you can whack at me. we got two major earnings reports out after today's close bell. we begin with microsoft, john joins us with the details. >> reporter: microsoft turned in solid results. revenue just a little bit short of expectations at 21.46 billion dollars. eps a penny better at 76 cents. microsoft says when you count deferred revenue thing are actually a little bit better than that. a couple of highlights. windows, the windows group did better than expected at 5.8 billion in revenue. the business division did a little shy at 5.7. now jane wells has a little bit on starbucks, another big company. jane? >> reporter: john, shares have been up after hours. they were up over 3% at one point. starbucks reported its best holiday ever, best earnings per share ever at 57 cents
payroll taxes are nothing more than temporary tax cut was a rebate. like bush had two rebates that didn't work. obama had two rebates that didn't work. people know it's not permanent and pay down their credit cards but doesn't affect spending. got to go. hang on. when we come back you can whack at me. we got two major earnings reports out after today's close bell. we begin with microsoft, john joins us with the details. >> reporter: microsoft turned in solid results. revenue just a little...
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it's not till november that the tax laws allow that to be. i do believe it's going to blow a quarter. i think mtw should split itself up into two separate companies. food, service, and cranes. remember those ice machines when you go out to -- ice machines, you feel like you're getting something for free. it's really water. we also get results from beemus. its tom symbol is bms, which stands for buy my stock. here's the stock i mentioned earlier this week as part of the brand new bull market in packaging of all things. you're going to sey 15id that. i'm expecting a very good quarter after the close. we get the new one, the ipo, barry plastics. the other packaging bull market player. i think there's a lot to like here too. on the lookout for both of these. if buy my stock goes down ahead of when it reports, buy its stock. all right. now, on friday morning i think you're going to see the contrast between the world's largest oil company, exxon, which has truly become a serial disappointer, and chevron, which has become a company that delivers som
it's not till november that the tax laws allow that to be. i do believe it's going to blow a quarter. i think mtw should split itself up into two separate companies. food, service, and cranes. remember those ice machines when you go out to -- ice machines, you feel like you're getting something for free. it's really water. we also get results from beemus. its tom symbol is bms, which stands for buy my stock. here's the stock i mentioned earlier this week as part of the brand new bull market in...
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how we get tax reform in place to make americans and american corporations competitive again, globally. big thing for dow chemical. we want to reinvest in america because we can be competitive out of america. that agenda has to be put on the national agenda. i know the second term president is very keen on doing that. liz: the first term president was accused of being anti-business or not as friendly to business even though he brought a lot of business leaders to the white house and listened to them. many of them sat here and said you know what liz, though, he listened but i didn't see anything effectuated. do you think it's a different time now with president obama? >> i'm very fortunate that i was one of the ones that was called upon very early to help first term president obama. you've got to understand where he's coming from and his agenda and how he got voted in. liz: how hard is it to understand that businesses create jobs? >> not hard, but how hard is it to actually put the agenda ahead of the other agendas, probably difficult. but now the agenda is here. by the way, it transcen
how we get tax reform in place to make americans and american corporations competitive again, globally. big thing for dow chemical. we want to reinvest in america because we can be competitive out of america. that agenda has to be put on the national agenda. i know the second term president is very keen on doing that. liz: the first term president was accused of being anti-business or not as friendly to business even though he brought a lot of business leaders to the white house and listened to...
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sellers of luxury properties were very active toward the end of 2012, due in part to the capital gains tax increase that would take effect in 2013 for those making $400,000 or more. mulville also mentioned how the changing demographics of americans go hand-in-hand with the world- wide interest in american real estate. "americans are getting older, becoming more willing sellers at the same time as foreigners want to come in and buy, so it's a combination of things that's magnifying the demand in the upper end. financing is readily available as banks are on track to distribute more private jumbo loans than they have since 2007. > > with this rush of buyers to own these million dollar homes, is this a sign the economy turning around? experts say yes, but not so fast. "we might see some stimulus effect, but i don't think it will be a major decider if we pull out of the recession or not." for first business news, i'm ky sisson. recent data shows that luxury housing markets in south florida, denver, and phoenix are also making a comeback. still ahead, watch your wings. why chicken wing prices ar
sellers of luxury properties were very active toward the end of 2012, due in part to the capital gains tax increase that would take effect in 2013 for those making $400,000 or more. mulville also mentioned how the changing demographics of americans go hand-in-hand with the world- wide interest in american real estate. "americans are getting older, becoming more willing sellers at the same time as foreigners want to come in and buy, so it's a combination of things that's magnifying the...
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that's on top of the 18.4 cents federal gas tax you are also paying. lots of taxes every time you fill up. >>> for starbucks the coffee chain enjoyed hire spending in the u.s. and asia but revenues fell short of expectations after hitting a bump over the summer. starbucks has been making a new effort to draw in more cost conscious consumers and it's also been diversifying its offering. >>> if you use twitter, you know the posting a photo has been the primary way to share an image. well that's changing. twitter has unveiled an app called vine. that lets users embed original videos and tweets and they have to be short and tweet just like a sweet. videos are limited to six seconds or less. right now vine is available only for the iphone and the ipod touch. but they are working on other platforms. six second videos. >> yeah, there's a bunch of other sort of video sharing deals for twitter out there too. so it will be interesting to see if it works. >> vine of course is owned by twitter and it's going to be one that's promoted -- heavily. >> heavily. >> yes
that's on top of the 18.4 cents federal gas tax you are also paying. lots of taxes every time you fill up. >>> for starbucks the coffee chain enjoyed hire spending in the u.s. and asia but revenues fell short of expectations after hitting a bump over the summer. starbucks has been making a new effort to draw in more cost conscious consumers and it's also been diversifying its offering. >>> if you use twitter, you know the posting a photo has been the primary way to share an...
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income and moving towards taxing consumption from income-tax is to sales taxes. related story. governor brownback of kansas wants to eliminate his state's income tax, he joins the governors of four this state which are considering the same thing. where does phil mickelson coming to this? in two ways. he wants to move out of california. he is free to live wherever he wants and preferred lower taxes. why not? that is why states like kansas, florida, texas are competing for tax refugees. the phil mickelsons of this world are driving the tax debate. phil mickelson objects to a 63% tax rate. who wouldn't? when this tax become legalized theft? this is a moral question as well as financial. here you have a sports guy driving a moral and financial tax debate. is not going away either. the president wants to raise taxes even more and we will soon see the impact of that disaster known as obamacare. bring on the debate. do you think 63% is a fair share for the government? do you think any american should be cowed into living where the government can tax them most? i know wh
income and moving towards taxing consumption from income-tax is to sales taxes. related story. governor brownback of kansas wants to eliminate his state's income tax, he joins the governors of four this state which are considering the same thing. where does phil mickelson coming to this? in two ways. he wants to move out of california. he is free to live wherever he wants and preferred lower taxes. why not? that is why states like kansas, florida, texas are competing for tax refugees. the phil...
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he does not want higher tax rates. he wants lower tax rates. charles: he does have a conservative look. it goes against all of your core principles to back president obama. stuart: by the way, thank you liz. now it is time to give it to connell. connell: you did look like you are getting along very, very well. i am connell mcshane. has housing finally turned a corner? that will be our big debate and discussion this morning. jamie dimon says, yes, it is going back up. >> it will not get better in spite of the economy. supply and demand. for household formation. connell: wait a minute, a drop in sales came in. we will sort all this out coming up. and flipping houses and fixing them up. vanilla ice, of all people, is with us during this hour. republicans need to get tougher and cut federal programs. 58% of americans oppose anything happening. we are going to start with the stock market. we have been talking about this. we are up again today with nicole petallides covering it from the new york stock exchange. nicole: it shows you what we are just 3
he does not want higher tax rates. he wants lower tax rates. charles: he does have a conservative look. it goes against all of your core principles to back president obama. stuart: by the way, thank you liz. now it is time to give it to connell. connell: you did look like you are getting along very, very well. i am connell mcshane. has housing finally turned a corner? that will be our big debate and discussion this morning. jamie dimon says, yes, it is going back up. >> it will not get...
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steak the governor at his word that california has implemented all kinds of savory cuts and needed tax hikes to improve the financial picture. but then we'd be doing you a disservice because.comrams the governor made today aren't true. >> the honorable edmund g. brown junior. >> there was plenty of applause to go around at the state of the state address on thursday and it came from many different sources. the legislature, featured guests, governor brown himself. >> let's not applaud too much. >> but before the governor goes tooting his own horn, let's hear what he tells state lawmakers. >> you cast difficult votes to cut billions from the state's budget. you curbed prison spending through a historic realignment. >> this claim of cost reductions is murky at best. now, technically, the state dropped its corrections budget from $10 billion last year to a projected figure of $9 billion this year. or a drop of 10%. but even if you consider those savings historic, there's more to the governor's claim than meets the eye. >> it's somewhat not honest in many ways because while we have cut the s
steak the governor at his word that california has implemented all kinds of savory cuts and needed tax hikes to improve the financial picture. but then we'd be doing you a disservice because.comrams the governor made today aren't true. >> the honorable edmund g. brown junior. >> there was plenty of applause to go around at the state of the state address on thursday and it came from many different sources. the legislature, featured guests, governor brown himself. >> let's not...
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that was taken, as it should have been, to mean higher taxes. didn't mean just higher taxes. it meant higher taxes and less spending and i was specific about that. my ear is attuned for hearing more cuts in spending. i am not hearing it. i would be disappointed if this is all there was. as far as a deal was concerned, i think that that was a stopgap, and i think it was presented like that -- as that. as part of a series of more negotiations that were to follow and more changes, both possibly on the taxing side but certainly on the expenditure side. i'm dying to hear the -- to hear the expenditure and less spending side. i agree with that. but i'm not -- i'm not -- i wouldn't use the term disappointed until this whole process is over. i don't think we're in the -- i don't think we're in the seventh inning of this process. >> yeah. >> because at this point, we're -- >> at this point we're at, you know, simpson-bowles and rivlin domenici and the gang of all of these the idea was to get rid of a lot of the deductions and loopholes, so that you could broaden the base with a lower
that was taken, as it should have been, to mean higher taxes. didn't mean just higher taxes. it meant higher taxes and less spending and i was specific about that. my ear is attuned for hearing more cuts in spending. i am not hearing it. i would be disappointed if this is all there was. as far as a deal was concerned, i think that that was a stopgap, and i think it was presented like that -- as that. as part of a series of more negotiations that were to follow and more changes, both possibly on...
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tax man? >> don't put it all on steve. >> i don't mind lowering your taxes as long as you're willing to have me lower your benefits because the numbers -- ultimately the math has to add up. joe, you are the great deficit hawk of all time. >> i am. >> you believe we should not be incurring this debt, so we've got to do something. >> right. >> what is that something? we have an aging society with a large commitment to social welfare programs that the public does not want to see materially reduced. you may want to, but the polls say the public does not want to see them materially reduced. >> by the way -- >> where is all this money going to come from? >> it's not about what i don't want or want. this is basic arithmetic. the deficit, the debt that is incurred by medicare and medicaid in the out years, it just can't be made up, even in a small part by increasing taxes on the margins anymore. i mean, you could take the tax rate up to 95%, perhaps. >> well, you don't have to go that high. the math h
tax man? >> don't put it all on steve. >> i don't mind lowering your taxes as long as you're willing to have me lower your benefits because the numbers -- ultimately the math has to add up. joe, you are the great deficit hawk of all time. >> i am. >> you believe we should not be incurring this debt, so we've got to do something. >> right. >> what is that something? we have an aging society with a large commitment to social welfare programs that the public...
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credited state lawmakers for making bold spending cuts and praised californians for voting to raise taxes. we turn to our political insider phil matier who joins us live with the former san francisco mayor willie brown on this friday and guys, what did you think of the state of the state? how did the governor do? >> what did you think? the little engine that could. is he doing it? >> you know, the 11 tries, this was probably his best. >> this is his 11th state of the state address. >> it is. no other governor matched that. >> it was amazing. i was in the chambers then and this guy was bouncing over everything. he was quoting the bible, quoting irish poets. he was quoting the king of spain. and he was doing the little engine that could all in one swoop. >> and in most cases, many of the people, what is he talking about? [ laughter ] >> members, i mean. however, he got a standing ovation. at some point when he talked about schools, and the situation of college of tuition, everybody gave him an ovation. he was well received. >> i got to tell you something. i was watching the members as he wa
credited state lawmakers for making bold spending cuts and praised californians for voting to raise taxes. we turn to our political insider phil matier who joins us live with the former san francisco mayor willie brown on this friday and guys, what did you think of the state of the state? how did the governor do? >> what did you think? the little engine that could. is he doing it? >> you know, the 11 tries, this was probably his best. >> this is his 11th state of the state...
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the people have given us 7 years of extra taxes. let us follow the wisdom of joseph, pay down our debts and store up reserves against the leaner times that will surely follow. >> well, brown's speech was upbeat. he faces a fight even within his own democratic party. some of his proposals including a plan to fund poorer schools at the expense of wealthier suburban districts. >>> vice president joe biden is on the road today to rally support for the administration's gun control proposals. he is going to start in virginia and hold a discussion with people who work on gun safety following the shooting at virginia tech. meanwhile senator dianne feinstein announced her bill yesterday that would eliminate high capacity magazines and ban assault weapons. the vice president downplayed the need for an assault weapons ban. >> i'm much less concerned, quite frankly, about what you call an assault weapon than i am about magazines and the number of rounds that can be held in a magazine. >> president obama also plans to travel to push his gun cont
the people have given us 7 years of extra taxes. let us follow the wisdom of joseph, pay down our debts and store up reserves against the leaner times that will surely follow. >> well, brown's speech was upbeat. he faces a fight even within his own democratic party. some of his proposals including a plan to fund poorer schools at the expense of wealthier suburban districts. >>> vice president joe biden is on the road today to rally support for the administration's gun control...
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if they wanted to bring it back, they have to pay an additional 20% tax right now. unless the tax laws are changed through repatriation, i think that cash is just going to sit there offshore. >> or do another skype deal where they use that cash? >> you could use it, particularly for offshore acquisitions. but for the most part i think it's not able to benefit shareholders. it's just sitting there offshore in mostly government bonds offshore. they could bring it back. i think what would be most likely would be a much more aggressive share repurchase. they won't do a one-time dividend like they did years ago. >> your sneaky long is up 1.5%, rick. thanks for stopping by. >> thank you. >> rick sherlund. >>> what do family ties and initial public offering have in common? we'll find out when the ceo of bright horizons joins us next. say farewell to secretary geithner. we'll talk about his legacy and the challenges for his successor, jack lew. ♪ [ male announcer ] don't just reject convention. drown it out. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. an entirely new p
if they wanted to bring it back, they have to pay an additional 20% tax right now. unless the tax laws are changed through repatriation, i think that cash is just going to sit there offshore. >> or do another skype deal where they use that cash? >> you could use it, particularly for offshore acquisitions. but for the most part i think it's not able to benefit shareholders. it's just sitting there offshore in mostly government bonds offshore. they could bring it back. i think what...
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. >>> we are bringing you a firsthand look at your tax dollars at work in the tunnel. we got a look inside the 4th bore yesterday. we found crews hard at work inside. federal stimulus funds are paying for two thirds of the 400 million-dollar project. taxpayers are funding the rest. >> when it's done caltrans will be dedicating two bores permanently to eastbound traffic and two permanently to westbound traffic. >> caltrans said the 4th is 75 to 80% done. they will start laying the road bed next month and it's set to open later this year. >>> federal safety regulators say no matter what anyone else is saying the dream liner investigation continues. the head of the ntsb unsettling description of how serious this matter may be. >>> facebook founder is getting involved in politics. . >>> welcome back. taking you live to new york. dow back from its earlier gain. still up 17.5 points, s&p500 testing the 1500 level and a lot of familiar names in stocks to watch today. johnson and johnson up, part of the dow -- and it's earning estimates. p and g better than expected and starbu
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he was targeted by the tea party because he was considering raising taxes. >>> they must provide sports for disable students much like title iv expanded opportunities for girl students, students with disabilities must be provided access to extracurricular sports. back to tracy and ashley. tracy: rick folbaum, thanks very much. honeywell beat the street with its latest quarterlyly report. sandra smith has the trade. >> halliburton getting a boost in today's session. when you think halliburton you think fracking. but they saw weakness in north america. that led to a drop of about 26% for their quarterly profit because they beat expectations. the stock is really off to the races today. by the way look at the shares just under 40 bucks. the average analyst has a overweight rating with a $43 billion price target. many see as a good buy at these levels even following that report. as far as manufacturing is concerned look at honeywell. look at this steady eddie chart. year-to-date the stock has been strong, nearly $70 a share. right now the average price target is 72 with an overweight rating.
he was targeted by the tea party because he was considering raising taxes. >>> they must provide sports for disable students much like title iv expanded opportunities for girl students, students with disabilities must be provided access to extracurricular sports. back to tracy and ashley. tracy: rick folbaum, thanks very much. honeywell beat the street with its latest quarterlyly report. sandra smith has the trade. >> halliburton getting a boost in today's session. when you think...